Anton Pelinka
Professor
Joint Appointment with Nationalism
Faculty Tower 202
phone: ( 36 1) 327-3000/2330
email: pelinkaa [at] ceu.hu
Anton Pelinka has taught as full professor at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, from 1975 to 2006. He was visiting professor at different universities - University of New Orleans, Harvard University (Schumpeter Fellow), Stanford University (Austrian Chair), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and Université Libre de Bruxelles (Institute for European Studies). His main research interest is on Comparative Politics and Democratic Theory. His immediate research focus will be on democracy and transnational politics. Among his publications: "Austria. Out of the Shadows of the Past" (Boulder: Westview, 1998); "The Politics of the Lesser Evil. Leadership, Democracy and Jaruzelski's Poland" (New Brunswick: Transaction, 1999); "The Haider Phenomenon in Austria" (ed.with Ruth Wodak; New Brunswick: Transaction 2002); "Democracy Indian Style. Subhas Chandra Bose and the Creation of India's Political Culture" (New Brunswick: Transaction 2003).
Courses Taught:
2010/11
Comparative European Politics
Comparing Federal Systems: The US, India, and the EU
2009/10
Comparative European Politics: Political Parties and Interest Groups
2008/09
Comparative European Politics: Political Parties and Interest Groups
2007/08
Comparative European Politics - Parties and Interest Groups
Federal Political Systems